WASHINGTON (FNS) -- About 77,000 infants each day ingest unsafe levels of insecticides, according to a new study calling for a complete ban of organophosphate pesticides in commercial baby food.According to the...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- Consumer confidence surged in December, gaining more than six points to set another 28-year record as shoppers reacted warmly to continuing high employment.According to figures released this month...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- Fresh-food suppliers are rushing down a $30 billion aisle of trade fees that producers of packaged food already know all too well -- and it's time to decide what to pay for and what to reject, says...
WASHINGTON -- A bipartisan bill, H.R. 2332, introduced into Congress July 31, is also calling for front-panel labeling of frozen produce with its country of origin.Sponsored by Rep. Terry Everett, R-Ala., and 34...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- "Manufacturers and their customers are on the verge of a category management explosion that will take the industry to the next stage of category and volume growth, and improved consumer...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- The Environmental Protection Agency has set its schedule for reassessing about 9,700 existing pesticide tolerances for both raw and processed food, as required under last year's Food Quality...
LANDOVER, Md. -- Giant Food here has become possibly the first supermarket chain to announce plans to open a new drug store chain, but both analysts and company officials say the business should bring the retailer few...
RICHMOND, Va. -- Retailers may come from all over the world to see what Ukrop's Super Markets here is doing right with solution selling, but Jackie Legg is well aware of what it could be doing better.Legg, Ukrop's...
WASHINGTON -- Weakness on the food-price inflation front, though not a cause for celebration at supermarkets, could help check overall inflation and head off future interest rate increases.The Federal Reserve Board...
WASHINGTON -- Consumers continue to exude strong confidence about their near- and long-term economic situations, according to polling by the Conference Board, based in New York.Consumer confidence is now riding a...